BEYOND THE FRAME: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
Beyond the Frame brings together leading international scholars, curators, artists, and cultural producers to engage with the multiple perspectives, conceptual themes, and circumstances shaping the work of the current generation of African photographic and video artists.
Beyond The Frame was organized by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery in conjunction with The Walther Collection NYC and the Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University.
Session 1:Welcome/IntroductionsWelcome/Introductions by Z.S. Strother, Riggio Professor of African Art, Columbia University, Artur Walther, Founder, The Walther Collection | Session 1:Opening RemarksOpening remarks by Session Chair Chika Okeke-Agulu, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Art, Princeton University |
Session 1:The Expanded SubjectNew Perspectives in Photographic Portraiture from Africa: Sandrine Colard, Ph.D., Columbia University |
Session 1:Itineracy Through The LensM. Neelika Jayawardane, Associate Professor of English, State University of New York-Oswego; Andrew Esiebo, Multimedia artist and photographer; Dawit L. Petros, Visual Artist. |
Session 1:Remarks/Q&ARemarks by Chair—Chika Okeke-Agulu, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Art, Princeton University—Questions, and Discussion. |
Session 2:Opening Remarks Opening remarks by Session Chair Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate Modern. |
Session 2:Platforms for African Photography Antawan Byrd, Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University; John Fleetwood, Director, Photo, Johannesburg; Eva Langret, Tiwani Contemporary, London; Artur Walther, Founder, The Walther Collection; Moderated by Allison Moore, Assistant Professor, African and Contemporary Art History, University of South Florida. | |
Session 2:Publishing and Criticism of African Photography Emmanuel Iduma, Fiction writer and art critic; Missla Libsekal, Founder, | |
Session 2:Remarks by Chair, Questions, and Discussion Remarks by Chair—Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate |